Grassroots effort under way to force impeachment of Bush and Cheney

BRUNSWICK — Organizers of a grassroots effort to impeach President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney before their terms end in 2009 hope that the "As Maine goes, so goes the nation" adage holds true for their plans.

About 80 people gathered from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday at Curtis Memorial Library in Brunswick as part a petition drive to gather 10,000 residents' signatures in March to launch a congressional impeachment investigation, according to Brunswick resident and meeting organizer Stan Lofchie.

Petition organizers say they hope that number of signatures will motivate the Maine Legislature to vote on an impeachment investigation resolution, to be conveyed to U.S. House of Representatives and implemented by the House Judiciary Committee. About 2,500 residents have signed the petition, led by the Maine Campaign to Impeach, according to the campaign's Web site.

Lofchie said people from Farmington, Portland, Brunswick and a variety of Mid-coast towns filled the library's Morrell Meeting Room Thursday for an impeachment strategy session sponsored locally by Peace Works. They came to hear Debra Sweet, a speaker from New York City-based The World Can't Wait, an organization attempting to oust the Bush administration.

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